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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • tendabiti@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tendai biti" <tendabiti16@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tendabiti@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:52:12 -0700
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE


Dear Sir/ Madam



Don't be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
very well.

I am Mr.Tendai Biti the secretary general of the Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC) Zimbabwe: - www.mdc.co.zw

I got your contact through network online hence decided to write you, as one
of the opposition leader in Zimbabwe, to assist us in accepting the transfer
of *(U$15)* Fifteen million United States of America dollars mainly for
investment in your country or other country of your choice.

As if I foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe, I had deposited the fund in
one of the private security company.

As my party's lost the last election June 18 2008, I was seized and
handcuffed by five gun men in plainclothes at Harare airport as I was
returning from South Africa, lobbying support against President Robert
Mugabe's regime. See the web side below:-
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-06-14-mdcs-tendai-biti-disappears



President Mr. Robert Mugabe regime since 1981 till date messes up the
country economy; he was characterized as a violent dictator in the British
press.

The election resulted in killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans
and some lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of people were killed.

Since Zimbabwe is not save for us to live, most of Zimbabwean flee exile in
South Africa; not knowing that the South African government seems to be
playing along with President Mr. Robert Mugabe.



I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South

Africa for fear of going through the same experience, the Zimbabwean asylum
seekers were ask to leave South Africa with immediate effect, a lot of
Zimbabwean were killed our property was taken over in south Africa, with all
this experience in a country have similar political history. Moreover, the
South African Foreign Exchange policy does not allow such investment for an
asylum seeker in South Africa



I am soliciting your assistances in taking over the ownership of the fund in
your name and invest it on behalf of my family who shall be a partner in
whatever business venture you intend investing. I am willing to compensate
you with a satisfactory percentage of the money for your cooperation and
assistances in this regard.



Please treat this mail with great sense of confidential as my political
opponent did not know my whereabouts.

Reply me immediately to my direct Email: - tendabiti@yahoo.com while I
implore you to maintain the absolute Secrecy required in this transaction,
looking forward for your favorable reply.



Regards to you and your family



Mr.Tendai Biti

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